[StuartGreen2019]

I agree with Spyne98, I wanted some Marvel Legends waves for Hulk and Thor this year. Sure, Thor got a 'Love and Thunder' movie wave, but I was hoping for some comic-based Thor figures too. Since Captain America didn't get an 80th anniversary Marvel Legends wave, I can't say I'm surprised, but I am still very disappointed. Characters like the Warriors Three, Balder, Eric Masterson Thor, classic Beta Ray Bill, the Absorbing Man and so on are long overdue. As far as the Hulk goes, I'm keeping my fingers crossed we'll see a new wave with figures like Doc Samson, She-Hulk, Ringmaster, Tyrannus, the Leader in his orange-and-black suit, and a classic lab coat Bruce Banner. I'm also hoping we'll see more Deluxe, sold-separately Hulk figures like a Kirby-esque green Hulk with purple shorts, Merged/Professor Hulk in his brown jumpsuit, Worldbreaker Hulk, and a better Joe Fix-It. A classic Abomination and a better classic green savage Hulk with better hair and face sculpts would be great too.

I am still stunned by how underwhelming the Marvel Legends waves have turned out to be for 2022. I was really hoping for better waves and figures. I'm also still scratching my head at some of the decision making, like not giving Siryn an alternate screaming head, putting holes in the shield of the Marvel Legends 20th Anniversary Captain America figure, having Amazon's Doc Ock figure be a two-pack with Silk with the static tentacles and having the plastic of the body mold be inferior to the 2018 version, and making characters like the Lizard a Wal-Mart exclusive. 2023 needs some really cool waves and figure reveals in order to get my excitement, and money, back.

I was hoping we'd see Marvel Legends anniversary waves in 2024 for "Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars" for its 40th anniversary and "Spider-Man: The Animated Series" (without cel-shading, please!) for its 30th anniversary, but at the rate Hasbro keeps skipping anniversaries like this, I'm not exactly holding my breath it would happen. I hope I'm wrong. I'd love to see figures made for characters like Monica Rambeau's Captain Marvel, 70s Cyclops, Hawkeye, an improved sold-separately Hulk, '80s suit Rogue, the Absorbing Man, Molecule Man, Titania and any of the Wrecking Crew for a "Secret Wars" wave with characters like Captain America with an alternate broken shield, Jim Rhodes' Iron Man, brown-and-tan suit Wolverine, a new classic figure and/or Beyonder Doom figure for Doctor Doom, a sold-separately Doc Ock with bendable wire tentacles, and a sold-separately classic Magneto. If we did get a "Spider-Man: The Animated Series" Retro wave, I hope we'll get an animated series Spider-Man figure sold in all stores and on all websites, unlike the Wal-Mart con figure that came and went in the blink of an eye this July. I'd also love to see new figures of fan-favorite villains like the Kingpin, Mysterio, Doctor Octopus with bendy wire tentacles, the Rhino, the Shocker, Venom, the Hobgoblin, the Chameleon, Morbius the Living Vampire, and a Deluxe Alistair Smythe with his hoverchair. Having a few civilian characters get new figures for the wave and/or Fan Channel releases like Peter Parker, J. Jonah Jameson, Felicia Hardy and Mary Jane Watson would be great too. Heck, having Spider-Man animated figures of characters like Nick Fury, Herbert Landon (in honor of the late, great David Warner), the Punisher, Daredevil, Electro and the Fantastic Four would be cool too! Am I alone in thinking this?